Please review: Required and recommended readings and videos for Module 5 and also find your own sources that discuss the US commitment to human rights, democracy and preventing Genocide and mass atrocities.

Please review: Required and recommended readings and videos for Module 5 and also find your own sources that discuss the US commitment to human rights, democracy and preventing Genocide and mass atrocities.

Respond to only one of the following prompts:

Describe who Rohingyas are and the current issue from this week’s reading in a few sentences. How should the international community respond to the situation in Myanmar? Why is the international community divided on this issue?

How would you describe the role of Nobel-winning human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi from watching PBS: Why is a Nobel-winning human rights activist defending Myanmar on Rohingya atrocities? What should US policy consist of to help the Rohingya people? What are specific “diplomatic tools” available and soft power that should be used? (check the suggestions from Samantha Power’s two books).

*Discussions are worth 60 % of your final grade.

Discussions will serve as writing practice for your other major assignments.

Your writing should be direct and succinct.

Your statements or points of view should be supported by evidence from the required and recommended readings.

POSTS:

Posts are due Wednesday and should be 250-300 words.

REPLIES:

Replies are due by Friday and should be no more than 200 words. Respond to at least ONE of your classmates with a substantive statement to agree or disagree and why. Your comment should add new information to the issue and discussion. Provide evidence from the readings for both your initial post and your comment on a classmate’s post. Find your own sources that are not a part of what is provided in Module 1 but relate to these issues. Provide citations.

You will find the grading rubric by clicking “Show Rubric” in the upper right had corner of a Discussion prompt.